SHOT:
“Harkin To Introduce Bill To Help Middle Class Including One Provision From Failed EFCA Bill”:
“Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said Feb. 1 he plans to introduce in the coming weeks a comprehensive bill to help the middle class that includes at least one element from the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 560, H.R. 1409), which died in the previous Congress. Addressing the annual legislative-political conference of the Communications Workers of America, Harkin received thunderous applause when he told delegates that he will ‘continue to work to pass EFCA.’” (“Harkin To Introduce Bill To Help Middle Class Including One Provision From Failed EFCA Bill,” Daily Labor Report, 2/1/2012)
CHASER:
Senator Michael Bennet Opposes EFCA:
“Rapid-fire debate questions flushed surprising answers from Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck tonight, with Bennet opposing a treasured union bill … After more than a year of equivocating on the Employee Free Choice Act, which would greatly ease union organizing, Bennet said: ‘I would not support the language in that bill.’” (Michael Booth, “